Online and Free News Release Distribution Services

Free Press Release Distribution Services

This page features online news release and press release distribution services. Some of these are free (with paid-for upgrade services). Others are paid services only.

Alert: Before signing with any service, be sure to check out their references.

Please note that this is a work in progress. If you’d like to nominate a book PR service, email John Kremer. I know that I have missed some services I would like to add to this list. Your service might be one of those. – John Kremer, author of1001 Ways to Market Your Books

Online Publicity Distribution Services

Most of the services listed below offer both a free press release service and a premium press release service (one that costs money but reaches a wider audience).

BiblioScribe. Provides free article and book press release submissions for authors and publishers.

PR9.net – A free press release service. Except for new business announcements in the business category, all the other categories are no longer active (2013 or older). Alexa rank 216,035 in September 2015.

PR Leads – Dan Janal, President. His guarantee: We will get your press release on at least 40 websites, or we will give your money back. $399 to $1295 per release. Alexa rank 7,100,417 in September 2015.

PR Leap – From $99 for one release to $699 for 12 releases. Alexa rank 88,108 in September 2015.

PR Newswire – The top online press release services. High priced. We distribute to more than 200,000 media points and 10,000 Websites, offering the most ways to reach your audience online and off. Alexa rank 2,754 in September 2015.

PR Urgent – Free press release and news distribution website. We publish high quality press releases, that gets you visibility in major search engines and news sites including Google News, MSN, Yahoo, Bing and much more. We charge a nominal $9.95 fee for express press releases which are approved within 24 hours. Alexa rank 67,821 in September 2015.

PR Web – The PR service used by a lot of Internet marketers. Pricing from $99 basic to $369 premium per release. Alexa rank 7,381 in September 2015.

Press About – $9 for one release to $399 for 100 releases. Alexa rank 205,171 in September 2015.

Press Release Sender – Dan Janal, President. His guarantee: We will get your press release on at least 40 websites, or we will give your money back. Alexa rank 7,100,417 in September 2015.

“Dan Janal’s Guaranteed Press Release service is the best use of my dollars in my publicity strategy. My release was picked up by over 40 online sites and media news stations. I could never have done that by myself. Dan made it easy.” – Mark LeBlanc, GrowingYourBusiness.com

News Release Critique: $300. I see dozens of news releases every day. Few make the grade. Most are uninteresting, unnewsworthy, and product-oriented. What does it take to sell books with a good news release? In a 15-minute phone call, I can give you feedback on your news release to help you make it one that sells books.

To book a critique, send me your news release via email along with the best time to call you within a few days. Each critique includes a 15-minute feedback session via telephone as well as a rewrite by John to create a news release that gets attention and makes sales. Call 575-751-3398 or email JohnKremer@BookMarket.com to place your request for a critique.

“I want to thank you again for your generous help with our press release problem. The responses we’ve gotten for our latest release are much better than what I’m used to. A large percentage of that is (obviously) due to your suggestions.” – Thomas Shelby, Hohm Press

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NewsReleaseCritiques.com – I see dozens of news releases every day. Few make the grade. Most are uninteresting, unnewsworthy, and product-oriented. What does it take to sell books with a good news release? In a 15-minute phone call, I can give you feedback on your news release to help you make it one that sells books. To book a critique, send me your news release via email along with the best time to call you within a few days. Each critique includes a 15-minute feedback session via telephone as well as a rewrite by John to create a news release that gets attention and makes sales.

About John Kremer

John Kremer is author of 1001 Ways to Market Your Books, the Relationships Matter Marketing program, and many other books and reports on book marketing, Internet marketing, social media, and book publicity. -- John Kremer on Book Marketing.